St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-25

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A man without smile on Christmas is
like the guest without the Wedding
robe. aOn inquiry we shall discover nun
to be speeches., and feel lncllneQ 10
cast him into outer darkness. Neither
will a mere perfunctOry Joy do. lie
must kneel down Ton both knees, too),
before the Lord of Misrule, and kiss lbs
hand with good. honest. hearty smack,
just as the servile wights who were
presented to the Empress Catharine Ii.
were compelled TO do. There Is such Il
thing as a man willing himself INTO
good humOr. Is it any great thing, we
ask, of such an one? Marry, no. lie IS
not requested to make long prisons Win
Bonded neck and dOwncast eyes, Dut u
Come to the Christmas tree
Where the brightest of bright eyes glance;
Come with toOtstep free,
And join in the joyial dance
He is asked 10 eat heartily at a Wand
bending board, and ask twice for every
thing land wish he may get it) ii he SO
list. Here arc q few of the conceitS the
poets have for the occasion. Bally says:
The mistietoe hung i'll the castle hall ;,
The holly branch shone OH the old oak wall
Susan Coolidge eXclaims:
We ring the bells and we raise the strain;
We hang up garl5nds everywhere,
And bid the tapGrs twinkle fair,
And feast and frolic-and then we go
Back to the same old lives again
Keble in his Christmas Day. de-
clares:
Like circles widening round
Upon a clear blue river.
Orb after orb, The wondrous SOUND
Is echoed on forever;
Glory to God on high, on earth be peace,
And love toward men of love-salvatlon ana
release.
Longfellow in his Flower dc Luce"
says:
heard the bells on Christmas Day
Their old familiar carols play,
And wild and sweet
The words repeat
of peace on earth, good will to men!
The same poet muses. thus:
Shepherds at the grange,
Where the Babe was born,
Sang with many change
Christmas carols until morn.
MITES FROM MILTON.
From Milton we clip two PARTICLES: In
his Morning of Christ's Nativity" he
writeS:-
Ring out We crystal spheres,
Once bless our human ears.
Of We have power 70 touch our senses SOD
And lei your silver chime
Move in melodiOus time,
blow,
And with your ninefold harmony
Make I'D full consort to the angelic SYM
phOny.
In the same poem he breaks forth in
this fashion:
This isrhe month and this the happy morn,
Wherein the Son of Heavens eternal King,
OF welded maid and virgin mother born,
Our great redemption from above did
! bring;
For so the holy sages once did sing,
fThathe our deadly forfeit should release,
And with his Father work as perpetual
Clement c. Moore's "Night Before
Christmas is universally notorious.
Shakespeare, in Loves Labor Lost"
Than wish snow in Mays new-fangled
shows.
Tusser. III his give Hundred Points
of Cooti Husbandry," says
At Christmas play, and make good cheer,
For Christmas comes but once year.
Miss Mulock has a few Christmas
RHYMES. One set runs thus
God rest ye, little children; but nothing you
alright
For Jesus Christ. your Savior, was born this
happy night;
Along the hills of Galilee the white flock
sleeping lay,
When Christ. the child of Nazareth, was born
on Christmas Day.
The other from "a Hymn for Christ
mas Morning'D in this fashion:
1t is the Christmas time,
And up and down 'twixt heaven and earth,
in the glorious grief and solemn mirth.
The shining angels climb.
SCOTS 'Marmion" contains the lines:
England was merry England when
old Christmas brought his sports again.
Twas Christmas brOaChd the mightiest ale;
Twas Christmas told The merreSL tale;
A Christmas gambol oft could cheer
The poor mans heart through half the year.
Finally we wind up with Tennyson.
Both passages are from In Memoriam."
One reads:
The time draws near the birth of Christ;
The moon is hid. the night is still;
The Christmas bells, from hill to hill,
Answer each other i'll the mist.
The other, thus:
With trembling fingers did we weave
The holly round the Christmas hearth;
A rainy cloud possessed the earth,
And sadly fell our Christmas Eve.